The seventh-inning relief role held by Kevin Jepsen last season is up for grabs, and Angels right-hander Mike Morin plans to seize it.
"Once Jeppy got traded to Tampa Bay," Morin said before Monday's workout, "that was my goal."
Morin, 23, had a...

Washington had the best record in the National League and was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs last season. The team's go-for-it off-season response was to sign ace Max Scherzer for seven years and $210 million.
The Angels had the best...

Garrett Richards is scheduled to begin throwing off a mound in the second week of February, putting the Angels right-hander slightly ahead of schedule in his return from the left-knee surgery that ended his season last August.
General Manager Jerry...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The drama of Thursday's night game had little to do with the Kansas City Royals' impressive hard-throwing rookie Yordano Ventura or another short but solid performance from the Orioles' Wei-Yin Chen.
No, this one was mostly...

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OK, let’s start with the official comments.
Buck Showalter said after Thursday's 2-1 win versus the Kansas City Royals that using left-hander Zach Britton in the ninth inning instead of previous closer Tommy Hunter — or anyone else, for that matter — does not mean that Britton is the closer or that Hunter is not.
"We’re going to use whatever gives us the best chance to win, the best chance to put guys in the best spot to be successful and to be healthy,” Showalter said....

No. 18 Royals: 13th in a series counting down to spring training. Next: Brewers.
When talent comes in waves, good things happen to teams.
The long-suffering Royals believe they have reached the point where their hard work and over-slot spending in the amateur draft will bear fruit on the field.
They became interesting in 2011, when Alex Gordon stopped teasing and started hitting and rookies Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Salvador Perez and Johnny Giavotella established themselves as long-term regulars in...

The hit that turned the tables on the Orioles on Saturday evening was one that reliever Darren O'Day had never seen in his two-decade-long baseball career. It opened the door for a young Kansas City Royals team that needed just that opportunity against an Orioles team it couldn't beat in three previous meetings this season, each decided by two runs or fewer.
With the Royals trailing by a run in the seventh inning, first baseman Eric Hosmer's leadoff slow roller off O'Day teetered along the third base...

Orioles at Toronto Monday at 7:07 p.m. on MASN and WBAL 1090 AM
Amid all the good feelings about the Orioles’ fast start, their current perch atop the American League East and Sunday’s announcement of center fielder Adam Jones’ contract extension, the reality remains that the Major League Baseball season is exceptionally long and grueling.
Despite being tied for the AL East lead on Memorial Day, the Orioles are officially dealing with their first elongated speed bump of the 2012...